Broken Mag Engine

[Andy Cawley]

That last post reminded me of my first crank failure. It was 60 years ago and I was 17. I had persuaded my mother that she should go shares with me in a motor car, a very rusty Ruby that went under the name of Eskimo Nell!!!! I think I must have driven it every where at valve bounce revs. The crank lasted only a few weeks poor old Mum never got to drive the car and I had a salutary lesson. The bodywork was that rusty that the wreck was consigned to the scrappy.   Looking back there were several lessons learned over that incident .